Legend of Tomorrow

Now, Kobe has brought his tactical terminator talent to Brooklyn. The Nets continued their poor preseason form in their home opener, losing to the Heat led by Wade 92-100.

The reason why the Nets lost is clear at a glance. The defense is in a mess. The outside players can't defend one-on-one, and the inside players can't defend the pick-and-roll.

Spark Happy Beast Howard is not like the three-time Defensive Player of the Year at all. He always hangs around the penalty area and prepares to grab rebounds, and will not dive to defend the opponent's mid-to-long-range shots after the pick-and-roll.

The rest of the Nets are even worse. No one can be called a defensive expert. Single defense is easy to pass and they are not active in pursuit.

Deron is 191cm tall and weighs 95kg. Due to his size, guarding pick-and-rolls and chasing defense are not his strengths.

When he was with the Jazz, many teams hated Deron's strong body, accurate mid-range shots and endless pick-and-rolls. Deron has averaged more than 10 assists per game for three consecutive seasons. This is why people say that he and Paul are players of the same level, and even have better personal offensive ability than Paul.

Now opponents are using pick-and-rolls to deal with him, but he can't hit pick-and-rolls anymore.

When he was with the Warriors, Kobe could guard role players and let Luol Deng deal with super scorers. It won't work for the Nets. The team needs Kobe, who is on the best defensive team, to guard outside scorers and focus more on the defensive end.

The Nets coaching staff must arrange this. Pierce is slower than Kobe. At the age of 35, he is almost unable to play. A swingman who can defend against sudden attacks will be destined to be passed by in one step.

Kobe obviously prefers offense. In the zone defense system, he deliberately passes opponents to Howard again and again, and then directs with his hands to help him block shots.

The Heat's style of play is to constantly pull out from the inside to cover. Mayo and Wade take turns to break through. They can score or score while their teammates catch the ball and take shots. The Heat's inside line occasionally made a cut, which turned the Nets' defense into a sieve.

Howard made 8 of 12 shots in the first game, but his performance at the free throw line was astonishing. He made 3 of 14 free throws for a 21.4% shooting rate and scored 19 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists in 38 minutes.

Fans left messages asking: Are you really Howard? Why does he look more like Tony? You are Iron Man.

Without an inside man who can pull out to catch and shoot, it will be difficult for the team to break through the zone defense. The other three giants of the Nets have become blacksmiths. Deron was 1 of 8, Pierce was 3 of 9, Kobe was 6 of 14...

The Nets lost to the Trail Blazers 104-114 in the second game.

Howard performed at a super level, making 9 of 15 shots, 15 of 19 free throws, and scored 33 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists; Kobe Bryant made 10 of 20 shots, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, and scored 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists.

Two people on the Nets scored 30+ points, the overall shooting percentage was 50%, and the three-point shooting percentage reached 44.4%. They actually lost again.

Because the Nets couldn't defend, the Trail Blazers were more efficient in scoring. The defenders were able to break out easily, and there were many open shots. Three players on the team scored 20+ points.

Eric Gordon has good breakthrough ability, but his disadvantage is that his shooting is unstable.

The traded small forward Nicolas Batum performed well and is versatile. In order to get him, the Trail Blazers sent the 2011 No. 11 pick Alec Burks and role players to the Jazz.

Point guard Rubio shot poorly, defended aggressively, and was well organized.

Inside, Aldridge and Cousins ​​can both play inside and outside, and can clear the basket.

The Trail Blazers' bench is not weak either, led by Jared Jack and JJ Hickson, and Martell Webster can also play some role.

What is more disappointing is the shooting guard Austin Rivers, the 10th pick selected by the Trail Blazers this year. This is the son of coach Doc Rivers. He performed well in college. After entering the NBA preseason, he went crazy and couldn't find him. to the rhythm.

If Cousins ​​hadn't had another mental convulsion and ended the game early with a frown and a tantrum after committing too many fouls, Howard wouldn't have scored so many points and the Trail Blazers would have beaten the Nets.

After the game, neither Ke Mi nor Happy Beast Mi could say that their idols have a group of CBA teammates. If Deron and Pierce were not capable, how could they produce star data last season and lead the team to the second round of the playoffs? Now that the Nets have added two super giants, two super giants who have been selected to the All-Defensive Team many times, the team has become weaker.

At the press conference, reporters no longer asked the question of who is the boss of the Big Four. Instead, they wanted to ask who is the cancer?

Before the players could attack each other, coach Gentry, who had a premonition that he was about to be dismissed from get out of class, exploded with an expression exactly like a rage cartoon.

Everything sucked! Gentry said. Our effort sucked, the coaching sucked, the ball movement, everything about it was outrageous. You didn't sugarcoat it. Method.

The Trail Blazers, who haven't played in the playoffs in many years, kicked our ass. Gentry said angrily: Simple and crude, they kicked our ass. This is true at every level of the game. Three-pointers. Balls, rebounds, scrambling, drives. Everything you can talk about basketball, we beat them in none of them, not one of them.

He railed against both the coaching staff and the players. Trash effort, in all aspects... The coaching staff should take responsibility, not just the players. We have to get better, we have to change our appearance. I promise you, in training tomorrow we will complete the changes, we will not There will never be such slack again.”

Gentry is going to explode first, and then communicate with the stars to get their support. This is his last chance. If he is forced to leave get out of class at the beginning of the season, it will be difficult for him to find a job this season.

Gentry's expectations are in vain. Among the four giants, Pierce is the easier to talk to. Deron forced Coach Sloan away and was traded by the Jazz, Howard forced Coach Van Gundy away and was traded by the Magic. Kobe dared to directly scold the manager and owner, and was once evaluated by Zen Master Jackson as being untrainable.

The media is no longer optimistic about the Nets, and ESPN experts have directly poured cold water on them, preparing to watch the excitement of the Nets.

Two ESPN hosts said that if the game continues like this, even if the Nets enter the playoffs in the less competitive Eastern Conference, it will be difficult for them to break through the first round unless they can learn to be selfless and sacrifice data.

They also specifically mentioned Deron Williams, who failed to score in double figures for two consecutive games, and compared him with Guo Xu.

Jason's sacrifice of the number of shots is a selfless performance. He perfectly controls the rhythm to drive the team's offense. Deron's lack of shots is not selfless, but he has completely lost the rhythm of the game. As soon as he dribbled the ball past half-court, he saw three teammates reaching out. Want the ball.

Deron didn't think about playing the ball the right way at all. His adjustment method was to pass half the court to everyone in turn, as if this was the fairest, and then stood outside the three-point line and waited for opportunities. His teammates really couldn't play. When I passed the ball to him, he didn't have time to break through, so he just threw it towards people and finished.

Many people said in the summer that the Nets could beat the Suns. It was a complete joke. Now I am very curious about how many points the Suns will beat the Nets when the two teams meet.

So, it's totally normal for Jason to not be optimistic about the Nets when he was being interviewed.

President David Stern's term ended in 2014, and he is now semi-retired, leaving most of the work to his assistant Adam Silva.

He didn't bother to mention the Nets during the meeting. When his staff reported on work and discussed whether to help the Nets regain their popularity, Stern said directly: Let them fend for themselves. It doesn't matter if they can't make the playoffs.

The league at least wants to help the Lakers in the parallel world enter the playoffs, but it is completely disappointed with the Nets. Not only because the players are not living up to expectations, but also because the Nets owner is Russian...

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